In January 2009, the American Library Association announced the winners of the Caldecott, Newbery and other awards in children’s and young adult literature. These awards are presented to the best in their respective categories for those books published during 2008.

2009 Caldecott Medal – awarded to the illustrator of the best picture book of 2008

The House in the Night by Susan Swanson. Medal goes to illustrator Beth Krommes.

Caldecott Honor Medals were awarded to:

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
How I Learned Geography written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

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2009 Newbery Medal – awarded to the best in children’s literature of 2008

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Newbery Honor Medals were awarded to:

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Savvy by Ingrid law
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

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2009 Michael Printz Award – awarded to the best Young Adult book of 2008

Jellicoe Road by Melinda Marchetta

Printz Honor Medals were awarded to:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation II: The Kingdom of the Waves by M. T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

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2009 Robert Siebert Medal – awarded to the best non-fiction book of 2009 for children

We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
(This title also won the Coretta Scott King award)

Siebert Honor Medals were awarded to:

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Rediscovery of the Past by James Deem
What to do About Alice: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! By Brabara Kerley